SID-00144: Integrating asp.net and twiki authentication

Status:	Unanswered	TWiki version:	4.2.4	Perl version:	delivered with twiki for windows
Category:	CategoryAuthentication	Server OS:	delivered with twiki for windows	Last update:	16 years ago

Hello, we have developed an ASP.NET application and would like to use TWiki to publish online help for this app.

The ASP.NET application maintains user and group accounts in a MS SQL Server table.

Application users are authenticated using an external Entrust Identity Guard server.

We want the users to be able to use online help on TWiki without requiring the user to enter his username/password a second time in TWiki.

Can this be achieved somehow?

If this is the wrong group, please accept my apologies. I am an absolute beginner with TWiki.

Thanks for your help, Mario

-- MarioMuja - 28 Feb 2009

Discussion and Answer

You could try one of the SingleSignOn methods (CAS, HowToEnableSingleSignOn), or you could create a custom password manager for TWiki to authenticate users against an external source. On custom password manager study the LdapContrib.

-- PeterThoeny - 28 Feb 2009

I have already stumbled across LdapContrib and studied the code but I could not find out, how to implement my own password manager using this template.

Do you know where I can find documentation about what a password manager is and how to implement it?

I think, I cannot use one of the SingeSignOn methods that you have mentioned, because our users are application defined users. They only exist in the MS SQL Server tables. There is no Apache authentication or operating system authentication like Kerberos used.

What I want to do is simple: the user works in the ASP.NET web application. Then he clicks on a link for the online help. At this moment, I want to transfer the username & encrypted password to TWiki as part of the URL. Can this scenario be implemented using a password manager?

Thanks for your time, Mario

-- MarioMuja - 01 Mar 2009

Unfortunately we do not have much documentation on the authentication, the code has some docs for each method.

-- PeterThoeny - 02 Mar 2009

Closing this question after more than 30 days of inactivity. Feel free to reopen if needed. Consider engaging one of the TWiki consultants if you need timely help. We invite you to get involved with the community, it is more likely you get community support if you support the open source project!

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-04-17

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